Slippery rough surfaces
Substrates having a textured surface that can maintain or improve droplet mobility in both the Cassie and Wenzel states include a textured surface and a conformal lubricant layer thereover. The textured surface can include a plurality of raised first elements and a plurality of second elements thereon and the conformal lubricant layer over the plurality of raised first elements and covering the plurality of second elements. The plurality of raised first elements can have an average height of between 0.5 μm and 500 μm, and the plurality of second elements can have an average height of between 0.01 μm and 10 μm. Such substrates can be prepared by texturing a surface of a substrate with a plurality of raised first elements and a plurality of second elements thereon; optionally silanizing the textured surface and applying a lubricant layer over the plurality of raised first elements and between the plurality of second elements.
- Research Organization:
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AR0000326; CMMI1351462; DGE1255832; N00014-12-1-0962
- Assignee:
- The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, PA)
- Patent Number(s):
- 10,434,542
- Application Number:
- 15/568,639
- OSTI ID:
- 1576429
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2016 Apr 22
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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